Garment-pocket



W. WEISS.

GARMENT POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s. 1911.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

WSES 1' 755%M BY my? 52% Anonun WILLIAM WEISS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-POCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed September 5, 1917. Serial No. 189,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Wnrss is a citizen of the United States, residing at 4833 WValnut St., Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Pockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garments, and more particularly to pockets for apparel, and has for an object to provide a pocket which when the garmentis in use, will not bulge outwardly, and in which the edge of the pocket adjacent the opening thereto, will at all times lie flat against the body of the garment.

My invention comprehends, among other things, a pocket which is so formed that the face or outer side of the pocket will at all times lie fiat and not bulge from the side of the garment, even though the contents of the pocket may be of a nature which ordinarily bulges the general forms of pockets now applied to garments. More particularly, the invention comprehends what is known as a patch pocket, namely, a pocket which is formed separately on a garment with an outer face sewed to the garment, and an inner part attached to the inner face of the garment, with an opening in the garment so as to form the complete pocket, the outline of which will appear on the face of the garment. I am aware that various forms of pockets have been used heretofore, and that several forms of pockets have been made with the idea of preventing bulging of the face of the pocket, but I find that these pockets do not accurately perform the objects for which they are designed and are unpractical in that they are expensive to make, involve too many parts, and in view of various plaits are hard to press properly, and cause bulging and wrinkling of the pocket more so even than the ordinary pockets now in general use on garments.

My invention comprehends a very simple arrangement wherein. the garment body is formed with an opening to the face of which a piece is applied, forming the outer side of the pocket, with a second piece applied to the inner part of the garment to form the inner face and body of the pocket, said second piece being constructed with a bellows part at the bottom, so that when an article is placed in the pocket, the pocket will bulge inwardly rather than outwardly, and that the face of the pocket will be maintained in and in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing the face thereof.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the pocket showing the inner side.

of the pocket Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing the appearance of the pocket when an article is arranged therein.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the ap pearance of the pocket when there is no article therein, and

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the pocket on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the views, the numeral 10 indicates the garment body or material from which the entire garment, such as a coat, is made, and 11 the pocket, which as stated heretofore is in the nature of what is known to the trade as a patch pocket. Referring to Figs. 2 and 4 it will be seen that the garment 10 has an opening 12 cut out, somewhat in configuration of what/the pocket woud appear to be later on, and attached by suitable stitching 13 to the face ofthe garment 10 is an outer side 14 forming the outer face of the pocket. The pocket body is formed by having the flap 15, provided by cutting the garment proper to form the opening 12, hanging down immediately behind the front or face 14, with a bellows 16 sewed to the flap 15, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and to the inner face of the garment, the same stitching 13 for attaching the outer face 14 being also employed to sew the inner edge of the .bellows 16 to the body of the garment, as shown in Fig. 5. The bellows 16 are somewhat biased, in that they become wider in width at the lower end of the pocket, as will be seen by referring to Figs. 3 and 4, and it will be clearly seen that at the point where the outer edge of the bellows 16 connects with the flap 15, there is formed a seam 17, with a similar seam 18 formed where the inner edge of the bellows is sewed to the body of the garment, the bellows, however, being so constructed that the seam 17 will lie within the seam 18 and substantially adjacent thereto, to lie flush with the latter, when the pocket is devoid of any contents so that the pocket body will lie flat with respectto the front or outer face of the garment proper.

lVhen an article 19 is placed in the pocket, it will be seen that whereas the pocket body in Fig. 4 normally lies in substantially the plane of the garment body, said pocket will bulge but will not bulge outwardly to destroy the plane surface of the outer face of the pocket, but will bulge inwardly toward the body on account of the bellows construction provided, so that-the coat or other article having a pocket of this character will not present a wrinkled appearance at or adjacent to the pocket when viewed from'the exterior, but will present a neatand attractive-appearance, because the front or outer face of the pocket will be devoid of any bulging whatsoever.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that my pocket consistssubstantially of two parts, one of which, namely, the back or inner face of the pocket is a part of the original garment material and integral therewith; whereas, the other or outer face of thepocket is of the same material and sewed to'the body of the garment, the inner part, or flap, having merely a bellows attached thereto and to the garment proper so as to form the desired inwardly bulging pocket, and preventing the outer face from becoming wrinkled.

Still further with this construction, it will be seen that the upper edge of the pocket, namely, the horizontal edge 20, adjacent the entrance to thepocket, will not sag or bulge outwardly when an article is placed in the pocket. In the case of the pockets now. generally used on garments, there is 'a decided sagging of the edge adjacent the entrance to the pocket, and after the garment is worn a short time this sagging is ofttimes noticeable, even though there is nothing contained in the pocket. With my construction there is no sagging of the horizontal edge adjacent the entrance to the pocket at any time, and it will be clearly apparent that in pressing a garment equipped with a pocket such as I have shown and described, the pressing operation will be a very simple matter, and the pocket can be pressed with the usual iron as easily as the ordinary pockets, particularly in view of the fact that the seam 17 will lie flush with the seam 18, when there are no articles in the pocket, and the inner face or integral flap 15 formed with the body of the garment, will also lie flush with the body of the garment when there are no articles in the pocket. i

It will be understood that various slight changes may be made from the construction shown herein, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and that although my pocket is particularly adapted for use as a patch pocket on linen or other light summer suits, it may be used on all kinds of material, and I do not limit myself to the particlular form set forth, the scope of the invention being defined in the appended claim:

A garment having a slit therein conforming to the outline of the bottom and side edges of a pocket, which slit forms a pocket shaped flap that remains an integral part of the garment, a pocket shaped piece attached to the outer surface of the garment to cover the opening produced by the formation of said flap, and a bellows piece attached along one edge to the edge of the flap and attached along its other edge to the pocket bounding edge of the garment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM WEISS.

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Washington, D. G. 

